European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday january 10,1993 at a glance actor Wesley Snipes is among the a a in personalities for 1993. For More on what shot and what s not for the new years a sunday  confirmed the Navy confirmed that a Sailor about to be discharged for being Gay was fatally beaten More than two months ago. A Page 4arrests cheered neighbors cheered when two White men were arrested at a Mobile Home on charges of setting fire to a Black tourist. A Pago 5changing testimony the policeman who testified that officers were Quot out of control Quot in the Rodney a. King beating no longer believes they used excessive Force his lawyer says. 5 a pages pact clauses sought president elect Clinton plans to. Seek approval of a North american Trade Accord but pledged to negotiate amendments on the environment and Job Protection. A Page san Elvis Stampede the Elvis Presley stamp has postal clerks crooning impersonators puffing their Pompadour and Giddy fans mobbing . Post offices. A Page 9fish sales halted two British supermarket chains have stopped Selling fish from the Shetland islands where millions of Gallons of Oil have spilled from a wrecked tanker., a Page 10twa chairman quits cart c. Icahn resigned As chairman of trans world airlines and turned Over management of the company to two executives chosen by creditors and employees. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 16 classifieds. Commentary. .15 letters. Money matters .17 Mutual. Sports. Weather. From wire reports. Arizona declared a statewide flood emergency saturday and urged hundreds of people to evacuate Low lying Rural communities after a three Day downpour turned much of the southwestern United states into soggy mess. In Tijuana Mexico cleanup efforts were under Way after the worst storm in a decade swept away scores of Homes and clogged streets with mud and debris. More rain and flooding were expected. Fifteen deaths were blamed on the weather and authorities estimated 1,300 people were left homeless. Dozens of others were missing. Thirty six emergency shelters were opened As Tijuana tried to Cope with the aftermath of a storm that devastated 23 of the City s a Colonias a or shantytowns built on Hills and canyons vulnerable to flooding. The National weather service said another severe storm could hit the southwestern United states on saturday bringing rain that could last for several jays. One to 3 inches of rain was possible along Southern californians roast with 3 to 6 inches in Mountain areas Over the wee and said forecaster Bill Hoffer. Three people were killed in weather related Auto crashes in the los Angeles area. In Southern California a huge sewage spill shut Down beaches along the Santa Monica pay for the weekend. Though the storm eased off Friday Homes and streets in Inland communities were inundated a the coast guard used helicopters and the Navy sent amphibious vehicles Friday to search for More flood victims around Rivers As far North As Oceanside Midway Between Tijuana and los Angeles. It. Dave Marker left of san Diego calif., briefs pilots of fighter so 111 who were preparing to Fly evening patrols Friday Over Southern Iraq. The pilots were aboard the . Aircraft Carrier Kitty Hawk in the persian Gull Saddam from Page 1 radar and command stations. They recently were moved into firing position in an area near a zone being patrolled by Allied warplanes iraqi planes have been venturing into the zone As Well and the potential for clashes was Clear. On dec 27, an Ameri can f-16 fighter shot Down an iraqi Mig Jet just inside the zone. 1 Iraq claims the right to keep its missiles where it wants and disputes the legitimacy of the no Fly zone established by the .-led Alliance. The Rone Over Southern Iraq is. Meant to protect shiite muslims from attack by government forces. In a second move that appeared to ease the crisis iraqi jets that had darted in and out of the no Fly zone have been removed from the Ai Jarrah air base near the 32nd parallel the senior Pentagon official said. The official cautioned that the evidence of Iraq moving its missiles did not mean the crisis was Oyer because it was not yet dear where the missiles were being taken. Quot its hard to track them while they Are being moved Quot he said adding that difficult weather conditions had hampered efforts to detect iraqi movements. After he spoke night skies cleared Over Southern Iraa and american planes were keeping up their  from Pago 1 right Side of the Airstrip. The vas1, a group of lights encased in 4-foot-High Metal cases at the head of the runway was mangled by the Impact. The plane skidded on the Slushy grass along the runway for about 3,000 feet stopping about 500 feet from the Point of the first Impact said a senior airline veered into the Asphalt and overturned a pm official on condition of anonymity. The right Wing was sheared and was lying 100 Yards from the fuselage. The Tail where the engines were fixed was torn and the body was broken in two. A a everything happened in five to six seconds. We were hanging upside Down with our seat belts. People were screaming and some were Pray Trig a said Birinder Raj Singh a government official who was aboard the flight. He said the passengers watched the plane breaking apart but they calmed Down when the fuselage came to a halt on the runway a we could see flashes of fire in the Back. But people got hold of themselves and jumped out of the doors and the gaping holes in the Metal a he said. Minutes after All the passengers were out flames spread through the plane Ping said,.firelrucks arrived 15 minutes later. Four passengers were from Britain rec from Italy two from the Netherlands and one from France. Two indians held . Passports and another had a Swiss passport Indian airlines pilots have been on Ike since or in 1 a a a pay. The plane. Uzbek airlines. Re be afar to put pressure on Indian airlines to Settle the strike the pilots Union had said the Tupoljev aircraft were unsafe and accused the air Iff f full aug passengers at risk to break the strike i he airline said the planes underwent safety inspections before they were used in India. A cafes strike since dec. 10 demanding higher be was one of six leased from from Page 1 1991 now lie empty in former military communities. Hines said that if cafes had the same stable customer base As stateside retailers it probably would have enjoyed similar Strong sales gains. Still Hines is not expecting further drastic drops in sales this year. And despite the Overall downturn larger exchanges did Well Hines said. For example at the store in Firth Germany Holiday sales ran about 17 percent ahead of last year he said. Exchange officials there have tried to boost the customer base by drawing from a wider geographic area. At Many stores the trend has been a decrease in weekday sales and an increase in weekend shopping thanks to customers who drive in from communities where services Are closing Down he said